| Alien Nation: Millennium | |
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| Genre | Sci-fi |
| Created by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Written by | Rockne S. O'Bannon Kenneth Johnson |
| Directed by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Starring | Gary Graham Eric Pierpoint Michele Scarabelli Terri Treas |
| Theme music composer | David Kurtz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Galvin Kenneth Johnson Kevin Burns |
| Producers | Anjelica Casillas Paul Kurta Bob Lemchen |
| Production location | Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
| Editors | Alan C. Marks David Strohmaier |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television National Studios Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | January 2, 1996 |
Alien Nation: Millennium (original airdate: January 2, 1996) was the third television film produced to continue the story after the cancellation of Alien Nation.
Millennium was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. The film stars Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli and Terri Treas. Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint reprise their roles as police partners Matthew Sikes and George Francisco.
The plot follows human detective Matthew Sikes and his Tenctonese partner George Francisco as they investigate a mind-altering Tenctonese artifact being used to lure followers into a deadly cult. The artifact used in this film was the same one from Alien Nation episode Generation to Generation.
Film critic John O'Connor wrote that "a good many television movies have been spun off such successful network series as Columbo The Rockford Files and Cagney and Lacey. Fox Broadcasting, characteristically, is going in the opposite direction, whipping up periodic two-hour spinoffs from a series that was considerably less than successful. This is a world in which television series can be canceled in mid-episode, thanks to instant Nielsen ratings. Doesn't seem so off-the-wall to me."[1]
Allan Johnson wrote in the Chicago Tribune "this film is smaller and more personal than the last two, which featured grand-scale plots, but the movie was well-written and directed, and the cast has also become comfortable and likable, and the plot is involving."[2]
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